I’m looking for some rigid forks that look similar to the Niner carbon or On-one carber 29’er forks. Does anyone make anything similar for proper sized bikes?
Have a look at the Trigons, nice and light too.
A large crown though so if you are worried about asthetics they go best with an integrated headset, like this http://andrewhowett.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/winter-training-on-right-bike.html Click picture to make bigger
They can look a little off with a normal headset, but still fine IMO, like this http://andrewhowett.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/my-bike-is-in-ruins.html
Mine are 3 years old and showing no signs of wear at all. Quite a short a-c so a bit sharp on the steering but that’s how I like it, I think different lengths are available.
Ideally I would like some sans graphics, I’m not sure about sanding carbon myself though…
I’ve got a set of the Trigons on my old commute bike (the only 26″ bike I still own) and they’ve been very good. Stupidly light (c.500g) and faultless to date. I think they look good as well even in the v-brake/disc version I run.
I seem to recall they were exactly the same as the Ritchey ones that retailed for around 3 times more.
Ebay… I’m not going to recommend them yet as I’ve only ridden them twice and they’re so light that I want to build up a little trust with them! But they certainly seem good. Good tyre clearance too, that’s a 2.5 and it’s still got miles of room. Not as massive as an Exotic but then I reckon I could have fitted a motorbike tyre in there.
Trailrat had a set and broke ’em, but didn’t seem too upset about them. Couple of other breaks on t’internet but also lots of happy users (also seems to be mostly steerers cracked in the middle, which is much less bad than at the crown!)